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SIEGFRIED IIIRSCHLER, OF \VORMS, GERMANY.

GRAIN-TURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 415,460, dated November19, 1889.

Application filed August 6, 1889. Serial No. 319,892. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, SIEGFRIED l-IIRSCHLER, a subject of the Emperor ofGermany, residing at Venus, Germany, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Grain-Turners, of which the following is aspecification.

The object of the invention is to provide a new and improved machine forconveniently and rapidly turning barley or other grain while undergoinggermination during the manufacture of malt.

The invention consists in certain parts and details and combinations ofthe same, aswill be fully described hereinafter, and then pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to behad to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a side elevationof the same. Fig. 3 is an enlarged side elevation of a modified form ofthe turning-shovel wheel, and Fig. 4 is a sectional end elevation of thesame on the line a: of Fig. 3.

The improved grain-turner A is placed in a room B over the floor or box0, containing the germinating barley or other grain to be occasionallyturned to facilitate germination. On the sides of the floor orbox C arearranged the longitudinal rails D and D, on which are mounted to travelthe rollers E E and E E respectively, supporting a carriage F, in whichis mounted to turn the shovel-wheel G, extending across the entire widthof the box or floor O, and serving to turn the grain on the forward andon the backward motion. For this purpose the shovel wheel G has doubleshovels-that is, shovels branching in opposite directions, as is plainlyshown in Figs. 2 and 4:.

On one side of the carriage F is mounted to turn in suitable bearings ashaft H, carrying a grooved pulley I, over which passes an endless ropeJ, also passing over the grooved rollers J and J mounted to turn onsuitable studs held on one side of the carriage F. The endless rope Jalso passes over the grooved wheels J 3 and J located opposite eachother at the end walls .of the room B. The shaft J of the grooved wheelJcarries a double clutch K, adapted to engage alternately the clutches Land L, formed 011 the bevel gearwheels L and L, respectively, on theshaft J Both bevel gear-wheels L and L are in mesh with a bevel-pinionIf, secured on a shaft L connected with suitable machinery imparting arotary motion to the said shaft- L The clutch K is thrown in contactwith either of the clutches L or L by the hand-lever K engaging saidclutch K. The double clutch K is automatically thrown out of contactwith either of the said clutches by the carriage F whenever the latterarrives at one end of the box or floor C. For this purpose the lever Kis connected by a rod K with a lever K located opposite the lever K atthe other end of the box or floor 0.

An arm F is held on the carriage F, and is adapted to engage alternatelythe levers K and K", according to the direction in which the saidcarriage travels over the floor C. \Vhen the arm F strikes either of thesaid levers K or K the double clutch K is thrown out of contact with theclutch L or L, respectively. On the shaft H is held a pinion H, meshinginto an intermediate gear-wheel H in mesh with the gear-wheel H securedon the axle E carrying the rollers E and E hen the clutch K is incontact with either of the clutches L or L, the respective gearwheel Lor L turns said double clutch K, thereby turning the shaft J 5 andimparting a rotary motion to the grooved wheel J. The endless rope J,passing over the said grooved wheel J imparts a rotary motion to thegrooved pulley I, so that the shaft H is rotated, and the latter, bymeans of the gearwheels ll, I1 and H, turns the axle E thereby turningthe rollers E and E whereby the carriage F is forced to travel forwardor backward over the box C on the rails D and D. On the shaft H is alsosecured a gearwheel N, which meshes into a gear-wheel N, secured on oneend of a hub G, mounted to turn in suitable bearings in the sides of thecarriage F, and through which passes the axle E previously mentioned.The hub G is part of the shovel-Wheel G, and supports the radial arms Gwhich carry, at their upper ends, the transversely extendingshovelblades G and G, arranged to extend in opposite directions, so asto turn the grain during the forward and backward motion of the themeans previously described,

carriage F. When the latter moves forward and backward, as previouslydescribed, the shaft H turns and consequently imparts, by thegear-wheels N and N, a revolving motion to the shovel-wheel G, wherebythe respective shovel-blades G3 and G dip into the grain in the box 0 tolift the same and turn it over.

In order to agitate the germinating grain, forks O are arranged betweenthe doubleshovel blades G3 and G, as is plainly shown in Fig. 2. Each ofthe forks comprises radial arms 0, set into the hub G and carrying attheir outer ends transversely extending boards 0 in which are securedoutwardlyprojecting nails or spikes 0 as is plainly shown in Figs. 1 and2.

It is understood that the shovel-blades G and G when in their lowermostposition, reach to within a short distance of the bottom of the box 0,as is plainly shown in Fig. 2, so that all the grain resting on the saidbox is turned over.

Instead of arranging the shovel-wheel G as previously described, it maybe made as shown in Figs. 3 and a, in which the shovel-blades do notextend the entire length of the shovel, but are made shorter, and aseries G of such shovel-blades is employed, set one behind the otheracross the box 0, so that the shovels do not pass simultaneously intothe grain, but one after the other, thus relieving the machine of anyundue strain.

In order to hold the carriage F on the rails D and D, one side of thecarriage F is provided with an arm P, carrying the rollers P and Ptraveling on the side of the rail D,as is plainly shown in Fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: The carriage F when at rest always standsat one end of the floor or box 0, the double clutch K then being out ofmesh with both clutches L and L. hen the operator desires to turn thegrain, he shifts the lever K, so that the double clutch K is shifted andengages either of the clutches L or L, according to the direction inwhich the carriage F is to travel. The shaft J 5 is thus rotated,whereby the rope J imparts a traveling motion to the said carriage F byThe carriage F moves slowly forward,an dthe shovelwheel G is rotated atthe same time in the direction opposite to the forward movement of thecarriage F. The respective shovel-blades G or G4 pass into the grain,lift the same up, and throw it down again, thereby turning it over. Assoon as the carriage F reaches the respective end of the fioor or box 0,the arm F comes in contact with either lever K or- K thus forcing thelever K to move the sires to start the machine on its return movement hehas to shift the lever K, so that the double clutch K engages the clutchL or L, respectively. The above-described operation is then repeated.

It is understood that as the shovel-blades G and G are curved the grainfalls out of the respective blade at about a quarter-revolution of thewheel G after the grain is packed up.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination, with the parallel longitudinal guide-rails, of agrain-turningwh eel having a hollow hub G, jonrnaled in the sides of thecarriage and provided at one projecting end with a pinion N, the axle Epassing through said hub and provided at its, ends with rollers E Etraveling on said rails, and with a gear-wheel I-I between roller E andpinion N, the short shaft H, provided with a gear N, meshing into pinionN, and with a pinion H, a pinion H meshing into gear H3 and pinion H,means for rotating the shaft H and reciprocating the carriage, androllers E F. on opposite sides of the carriage traveling on the rails,substantially as set forth.

2. The combination, with the parallel longitudinal rails D D and thepulleys J J* at the ends thereof, of a reciprocating carriage providedat its opposite sides with rollers E E traveling on said rails, a shortshaft, H at the center of one side and provided with gearwheel N, pinionH, and pulley I, the grainturning wheel having a hollow hub j ournaledat its ends in the sides of the frame and provided with a pinion N,meshinginto the gearwheel N, the axle E extending through the said huband provided beyond the ends of the hub with rollers E E traveling onthe said rails, and with a gear-wheel H the gear H meshing with pinionH, gear H the pulleys J J 2 above and at opposite sides of the pulley I,the endless driving-strand J, passing at its upper side underpulleyIandoverpulleys J J and a reversing mechanism, substantially asset forth:

3. In a grain-turner, the wheel G, provided b SIEGFRIED HIRSCHLER.

WVitnesses:

FRANZ HASSLACHER, JOSEPH PATRICK.

